This is going to be very short and sweet as I have to spend my evening working (bleurh!). Rather tha reading a short story I listenened to one from The New Yorker's short story podcast (if you click here you can also listen to the short story or even subscribe to the podcasts for free.
'Reunion' is a very short story, lasting only around 7 minutes. The story tells of a young man meeting his father for the first time in three years. His father offers to take him out for dinner. His father's attitude to every person he meets who he considers of a lower status than him is a disgrace, he is rude, ignorant and arrogant obviously feeling power with every person he manages to belittle.
This story is well worth a listen, especially because the man reading it, Richard Ford, has such a lovely voice and intonation. Check it out!
Plus check out my much more prolific short story reading from yesterday here
2 comments:
Sounds interesting. Imust try listening to podcasts.
I read The Christmas Tree and the Wedding by Fyodor Dostoevsky - link here:
http://lyndasbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/christmas-tree-and-wedding-by-fyodor.html
I just wanted to let you know that as a thank you to everyone who's participating in the In Their Shoes Reading Challenge, I'm hosting a book giveaway.
http://shoesreading.blogspot.com/
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